Improvement in water-meters



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY S. WALOOTT, OF BOSTON, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES D.

sUMNEE, or

LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-M ETERS.

To all whom it may concer/nf:

Be it known that I, HENRY S. WALcoT'r, of Boston, Suffolk county, and State ofMassachusetts, have invented an Improved Rotary Water-Meter; and I do hereby declare the following to be an exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ot' reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the shape, construction, and combination ot' the water-wheel, its box, and pipes; also, the arrangement of the counter, indicator, and case, for the purpose ot' measuring the iiow otl water with accuracy.

Figure l is a iront view ot the meter; Fig 2, a sectional view. Fig. 3 shows the counter.

A represents the receiving-pipe, that the water enters and flows regularly upon the angular buckets ot' the wheel S, drives the wheel, and discharges again at the opposite pipe, B. Upon the shaft of the water-wheel S is a pinion, O, that gears into an upper toothed wheel, D, that drives a pinion, E, that revolves the toothed wheel F. Thetoothed wheel F drives a pinion, H, that revolves the plate I or counter, by which the whole number of' revolutions ofthe wheel is designated. As the pinion H drives the toothed wheel G, the wheel G carries the index-point J with it, and each revolution of the index-point J indicates, say, one hundred and t'ty revolutions of the wheel, and each point on the plate or indicator K shows the number of gallons of water used, supposing each revolution of the water-wheel S to discharge its certain number ot' gallons, the indicator being marked into thirty-seconds, and supposing each mark to indicate one or iive gallons, according' to the accurate measurement ofthe water wheel and its discharge ot' water, as tested and fixed.

I intend to reduce or increase the gearing' according to the speed required.

I inclose the gearing and counter I in a solid case, M, and attach the indicator K, which is covered with a glass, N. Below theindicator are one, two, three, or more apertures, I), one below the other, so that the number on the counter I is distinctly seen, and by the second or third aperture the whole amount is doubled, trebled, or xed to show the whole number ot' gallons used, to any amount.

WhatI claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The waterwheel S, constructed as specitied, when arranged, in combination ith its wheel-box and pipes A and B, as herein described, a-nd t'or the purposes setforth.

2. In combination with the above,the counter I and the indicator K, with the case M, when arranged as herein described, andl for the purposes set forth.

H. S. WALOOTT.

Witnesses:

J. FRANKLIN REIGAET, JOHN S. HoLLINGsHEAD. 

